diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 934ff2f..b9b965a 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/env bash
 
 cd /tmp/
 git clone https://github.com/th3r00t/pyShelf.git
 cd /tmp/pyShelf/
+
 # create pyshelf system user if it doesn't exist
 if ! id -u pyshelf >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	sudo useradd -r -s /usr/bin/nologin pyshelfA
@@ -24,24 +25,38 @@ git checkout 0.8.0--dev-zipapp
 # if on arch linux, install python3-uv
 if [ -f /etc/arch-release ]; then
 	sudo pacman --noconfirm -Syy python-uv
-	sudo mkdir /etc/pyShelf
-	sudo cp -avR . /etc/pyShelf
-	cd /etc/pyShelf
-	sudo uv sync
-	sudo mkdir release
-	cd /etc/pyShelf/src/frontend
-	sudo npm install
-	cd /etc/pyShelf
-	if [ ! -d /etc/pyShelf/release ]; then
-		sudo mkdir release
-	fi
-	echo "Building release..."
-	sudo ./build.sh
-	echo "Linking executable..."
-	sudo ln -s /etc/pyShelf/pyshelf.sh /usr/local/bin/
-	# sudo -u pyshelf direnv allow
 else
 	sudo apt-get update
 	sudo apt-get install -y python3-uv python3 python3-pip nodejs npm libxml2 libxslt1-dev zlib1g-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev build-essential
-	sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
 fi
+
+sudo mkdir /etc/pyShelf
+sudo cp -avR . /etc/pyShelf
+cd /etc/pyShelf
+sudo uv sync
+# sudo mkdir release
+cd /etc/pyShelf/src/frontend
+echo "Installing frontend dependencies..."
+sudo npm install
+cd /etc/pyShelf
+echo "Building frontend..."
+if [ ! -d /etc/pyShelf/release ]; then
+	sudo mkdir release
+fi
+echo "Building release..."
+sudo ./build.sh
+echo "Linking executable..."
+sudo ln -s /etc/pyShelf/pyshelf.sh /usr/local/bin/
+echo "Installing systemd service..."
+if [ -f /usr/lib/systemd/system/pyShelf.service ]; then
+	sudo rm /usr/lib/systemd/system/pyShelf.service
+fi
+sudo cp /tmp/pyShelf/pyShelf.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/
+echo "Enabling systemd service..."
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl enable --now pyShelf.service
+echo "Installation complete."
+echo "You can now access pyShelf at http://localhost:8000"
+echo "If your books are not at /mnt/books, please edit the config file at \
+	/etc/pyShelf/config.json"
+
diff --git a/pyShelf.service b/pyShelf.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86cd6a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyShelf.service
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=pyShelf Ebook Server
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/pyshelf.sh
+Restart=on-failure
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target